The New Vertical City eliinbar’s sketchbook 2011

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This post is about the sources of inspiration for the new “vertical city”.Le Courbusier called it  “La Ville Radieuse” – “The Radiant City“

Recently were published in the Web several interpretations to the notion of the”vertical city”

This projects review is partial. It Includes the main sources of inspiration for today Architects and planners designing the “Vertical City”

Le Corbusier Architect

Unité d’Habitation Marseille

France, built 1947-1952

Le Courbusier “La Ville Radieuse” Conceptual sketch

“La Ville Radieus”(1924 )  represented an utopian dream to reunite man within a well-ordered environment. Unlike the radial design of the Ville Contemporaine, the Ville Radieuse was a linear city based upon the abstract shape of the human body with head, spine, arms and legs. The design maintained the idea of high-rise housing blocks, free circulation and abundant green spaces proposed in his earlier work. The blocks of housing were laid out in long lines stepping in and 0ut. and were raised up on pilotis. They had roof terraces and running tracks on their roofs.

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Archigram (1960s)

Archigram (1960s)drew inspiration from technology in order to create a new reality that was solely expressed through hypothetical projects. Committed to a ‘high tech’, light weight infra-structural approach that was focused towards survival technology, the group experimented with modular technology, mobility through the environment, space capsules and mass-consumer imagery. The works of Archigram served as a source of inspiration for later works such as the High tech ‘Pompidou centre’ 1971 by Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano, and Future Systems.

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Hong Kong Apartment Buildings 2010

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Metous Studio

Barrio de los Paracaidistas

published in Archdaily 03 Jun 2010

Metous Studio Barrio de los Paracaidistas Conceptual sketch

Their approach reconfigures the traditional Mexican street as an open-air high-rise to provide unlimited potential for a new type of urban environment.  ”The meaning of the tower is a living being that breathes in the city and is truly defined by Mexican culture and people,”

By shifting key components of Mexico’s urban fabric to the vertical dimension, a new three-dimensional urban organizational grid is formed.   The street is continued from the ground plane and becomes the connecting thread linking the entire tower.  The street reacts to sunlight, wind, adjacencies and population density, as it sometimes widens for commercial activity, an open green space, or to provide visual and circulatory freedom.

The tower’s structural framework affords the design a sense of flexibility, allowing it to be adapted to the community’s needs over time.  The system has the potential to support a series of vertical neighborhoods that grow around and into one another. Sub-public and private spaces evolve organically, creating complex urban spaces similar to those of historic Mexico.

Each building within this new vertical city is self-structural and built into the larger super-structure.   This non-modular system “allows neighborhoods to develop with a richness and diversity reminiscent of the larger Mexico City context” Over time, the tower will be defined by those who have lived there, making it a testament to Mexico’s past and allowing a built object to reveal the history of the different neighborhoods.

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HTDSTUDIO DESIGNOFFICE

Nordhavnen Pixel City

published in Archdaily 19Mar 2011

HTDSTUDIO DESIGNOFFICE  Nordhavnen Pixel City

This community was developed with the idea of life as a focus from the inception of the design process. Great emphasis was set on carefully balancing and integrating residential, cultural, commercial, recreational, naturalistic and institutional elements of this master plan. A holistic approach to both micro and macro organization were seen as being crucial to this ultra livable city.

Nordhavnen’s aim is to be a flexible and evolving model of a 21st century town which focuses on renewable energy, waste reduction, ecological building materials and alternative transportation options as a key to it’s viability, livability and longevity.

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Mekano Studio “Seeds of Life”

honorable mention in the eVolo 2011 skyscraper

competition published in Archdaily 20-3-2011

Vertical City eliinbar Sketches 2011

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You are invited to visit my recent and relevant posts

Le Corbusier  –  La “Ville Radieuse” NOW!!

https://archidialog.com/2010/10/05

Le Corbusier – “ville Radieuse” 2 – Not So Conscious Inspiration

https://archidialog.com/2010/10/10

Zaha Hadid  the “Dancing Towers – Concept”

https://archidialog.com/2010/11/07

The Search for the Typology/Image of the new Green Apartment Building

https://archidialog.com/2010/08/20